News and Successes

Center for Women Entrepreneurs to offer new round of innovation grants

9/7/22

Women-owned businesses in Texas can apply for a new round of StartHER Grants beginning Sept. 22. Texas Woman’s University’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE) began the grant program to encourage women business owners — current or aspiring — to take on new and innovative projects. Grant winners will be announced Nov. 1.

Partnering with women-owned businesses

6/16/22

Center for Women Entrepreneurs Director Tracy Irby discusses the amazing partnerships the center has and the opportunities available for women business owners.

TX Incubator program takes women entrepreneurs to the next level

6/15/22

Fast-tracking a start-up into a scalable and successful business is no easy task, but six women entrepreneurs were able to do just that through the TX Women Owned Incubator Program, offered by the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership at Texas Woman’s University and The Slate, a woman-owned coworking space in Dallas.

Center for Women Entrepreneurs announces Veteran Woman Grant awardees

6/10/22

The Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE) at Texas Woman’s University has selected six female veterans in Texas to receive a $5,000 award each through its Veteran Woman Entrepreneur Grant program, which supports women veterans in Texas who own their own businesses or are interested in launching one.

The difference between nonprofit and for-profit business

4/25/22